The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective

While education stocks (measured as the number of years of schooling attained per person over age 15) have risen significantly in all regions, they have risen the fastest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This note documents this r...

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Main Author: Iqbal, Farrukh
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23803196/rise-education-attainment-mena-comparative-perspective
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spelling okr-10986-212902021-04-23T14:04:01Z The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective Iqbal, Farrukh ACHIEVEMENT AVERAGE LEVEL CARIBBEAN REGION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION QUALITY INCOME LEVELS LEARNING PER CAPITA INCOME QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGIONAL PERFORMANCE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS While education stocks (measured as the number of years of schooling attained per person over age 15) have risen significantly in all regions, they have risen the fastest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This note documents this remarkable regional achievement. This brief shows that all 15 MENA countries for which we have comparable data increased their education stocks over time. As well as trends in population weighted averages for education stock across regions. 2015-01-20T16:27:56Z 2015-01-20T16:27:56Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23803196/rise-education-attainment-mena-comparative-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21290 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 139 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic ACHIEVEMENT
AVERAGE LEVEL
CARIBBEAN REGION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
EDUCATION QUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
LEARNING
PER CAPITA INCOME
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT
AVERAGE LEVEL
CARIBBEAN REGION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
EDUCATION QUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
LEARNING
PER CAPITA INCOME
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
Iqbal, Farrukh
The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
North Africa
Middle East
relation MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 139
description While education stocks (measured as the number of years of schooling attained per person over age 15) have risen significantly in all regions, they have risen the fastest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This note documents this remarkable regional achievement. This brief shows that all 15 MENA countries for which we have comparable data increased their education stocks over time. As well as trends in population weighted averages for education stock across regions.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Iqbal, Farrukh
author_facet Iqbal, Farrukh
author_sort Iqbal, Farrukh
title The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
title_short The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
title_full The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
title_fullStr The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
title_full_unstemmed The Rise in Education Attainment in MENA in Comparative Perspective
title_sort rise in education attainment in mena in comparative perspective
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23803196/rise-education-attainment-mena-comparative-perspective
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